*It’s hard to accept
A door without a handle*
To hold in your fist
An eternal burning candle
When doing wrong
Turns out to be doing right
To purposefully ignore
What is clearly within sight
The door is shut
And your skin is burning
Oxymoronic times
Opens eyes to learning
*quote from Stanislaw Lem
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful for T. Champ to be understanding about the way I teach. He’s good to be around.
I’m pretty happy this morning to receive lots of messages from my students asking questions or submitting their work. This makes me feel better about my teaching and confirms a little to me that those parents complaining don’t understand what I’m trying to achieve with their kids. It will take a long time to change things in this country.
Is my way better? It doesn’t matter. I am the way I am and I teach what I believe. I just want the students to try and not just think that everything is going to work out whether they put in effort or not.
Sometimes I know I’m intense but it’s my character. I can change it somewhat though I find it hard. I’m also not all crazy strict with the kids and I think they like me. It’s usually the parents who are the problem! I know they have their ways that they want things done. I guess I’m not the person to do that for them! Haha!
Anyway, the good students are doing really well. They make me proud.
I’m starting to miss Amy a little already, even though it’s two more months before she leaves! I’m starting to think about all the extra things that I will have to do for myself and the cats and the house. But this time I want to have music playing all day, every day! That should make things bearable.
I’m thinking about whether to post on the MFU Facebook page for students to come and hang out on weekends and to practice their English – but I’m not sure about this as I value my free time so much!
Hopefully, we get a good holiday in April next year. Perfect! I can practice retirement.
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